Monday, October 15, 2007
WE WON THE TROPHY.....
Saturday was the big Meet In The Street Strongman Rockenbach Memorial competition. Rocky’s kids, Holly and Michael came with all family members. Becky and I completed the relative cheering section and I’m so very happy to say that our team won the Rock Star Trophy.
The young men had been saying for weeks that the Trophy wasn’t “going anywhere” except the wall in our gym. There were five events and beginning the last event our team was one-half point behind. The event consisted of three huge Budweiser beer kegs filled with sand, two large duffel-bags filled with sand and three huge concrete balls weighing over two and three hundred pounds.
The event would determine who would get the trophy. The team to finish first would win…….the weights were on the back of a large flatbed truck with a lift on the back. They were lowered to the street and put in a line behind the truck…..the team of two men would have to lift each weight, throw it in the back of the truck, run around to the front of the truck and push it manually with the weights to the finish line.
As our men took their places with the weights and waited for the whistle the crowd was quiet…….the whistle blew and our men “charged” those weights. They literally threw the weights onto the truck and the homefolks were screaming to high heaven, “GO ROCK STAR, GO ROCK STAR, KEEP IT UP…..YOU CAN DO IT…..GO ROCK STAR…..” They finished with the weights and ran to the front of the truck, began pushing and with all the crowd energy they “ran” it to the finish line with cheers going up like it was the Super Bowl.
The time: 23 seconds. Yes, that’s right, 23 seconds.
The other team was from Overland Park, Kansas and they worked as hard and fast as they could. They were younger and bigger……stronger …..BUT they didn’t have the “Rocky factor” our team had. Our boys were determined to honor Rocky with a win.
Their finish time: 29 seconds……therefore we got to keep the ROCK STAR TROPHY with the shooting star coming up from a granite base. I presented the trophy to our team winners and they were very happy guys.
Mission accomplished. We had a lot of Tee Shirts for sale with a shooting star on the front and Rocky’s picture on the back. We will continue selling shirts to keep the Memorial Fund going…….there will be Powerlifting Meets along with the Strongmen Meets and we will give scholarships to as many graduates next Spring as we have money for. The shirts will be altered each time with the date and event.
Rocky, honey, we did you proud!!!!
Your Esther Belle
The young men had been saying for weeks that the Trophy wasn’t “going anywhere” except the wall in our gym. There were five events and beginning the last event our team was one-half point behind. The event consisted of three huge Budweiser beer kegs filled with sand, two large duffel-bags filled with sand and three huge concrete balls weighing over two and three hundred pounds.
The event would determine who would get the trophy. The team to finish first would win…….the weights were on the back of a large flatbed truck with a lift on the back. They were lowered to the street and put in a line behind the truck…..the team of two men would have to lift each weight, throw it in the back of the truck, run around to the front of the truck and push it manually with the weights to the finish line.
As our men took their places with the weights and waited for the whistle the crowd was quiet…….the whistle blew and our men “charged” those weights. They literally threw the weights onto the truck and the homefolks were screaming to high heaven, “GO ROCK STAR, GO ROCK STAR, KEEP IT UP…..YOU CAN DO IT…..GO ROCK STAR…..” They finished with the weights and ran to the front of the truck, began pushing and with all the crowd energy they “ran” it to the finish line with cheers going up like it was the Super Bowl.
The time: 23 seconds. Yes, that’s right, 23 seconds.
The other team was from Overland Park, Kansas and they worked as hard and fast as they could. They were younger and bigger……stronger …..BUT they didn’t have the “Rocky factor” our team had. Our boys were determined to honor Rocky with a win.
Their finish time: 29 seconds……therefore we got to keep the ROCK STAR TROPHY with the shooting star coming up from a granite base. I presented the trophy to our team winners and they were very happy guys.
Mission accomplished. We had a lot of Tee Shirts for sale with a shooting star on the front and Rocky’s picture on the back. We will continue selling shirts to keep the Memorial Fund going…….there will be Powerlifting Meets along with the Strongmen Meets and we will give scholarships to as many graduates next Spring as we have money for. The shirts will be altered each time with the date and event.
Rocky, honey, we did you proud!!!!
Your Esther Belle
